Bettas with Superior Genetics

A complete methodology for you to achieve your goals with the selective breeding of bettas

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Betta fish colors examples

Steel Blue Betta

Lavender Salamander Betta

Azul Royal Betta

Sky Blue Betta

Chocolate Betta

Black Dragon Betta

Black Lace Betta

Black Orchid Betta

and so many others ... See here the diversity of possibilities (colors, arrangement of colors and formats).

The choice of your matrices to generate new specimens depends on your objective: just keep them, just reproduce them or study their genetics, reproduce them through selective breeding and compete in specialized betta exhibitions, and market them aiming for extra or even main income.

The experience with bettas can be divided into 5 stages: basic management, reproductive management, study of their genetics, judgment of matrices and specialized exhibitions.

Click below and see more details about each phase.

Basic management [+]

Basic bettas management deals precisely with the techniques, or routines, that must be performed to maintain the domesticated specimen: disease control, physical-chemical parameters of water, food and everything related to the animal's life. Want more information on basic management? Check out our articles about basic bettas management.

Reproductive management [+]

The reproductive management corresponds to the points to be observed and how to act for the specimens to reproduce. Without the correct management by the breeder, the chances of success are drastically reduced: loss of breeding stock (aggressive cut), absence of spawning and loss of fry, for not knowing how to promote their growth to adulthood. Want more information on reproductive management? Check out our articles on the subject.

Betta genetics study [+]

The study of betta genetics, essential for obtaining specimens with higher genetic quality, results in higher success rates when two matrices reproduce: it allows predicting, through Punnett Tables (Reginald Punnett, 1900s), the probabilities of occurrence of each visual characteristic (corres, arrangement of colors and formats; each phenotype is understood) inherited from the matrices. From this information, selective breeding is applied, which essentially consists of human action aiming at different results from those generated in nature, each one in its natural habitat or geographic region. Want more information on betta genetics? Check out our betta genetics articles and our Course on Betta Genetics.

Bettas judgement [+]

The judgment of bettas is necessary for the purposes of exchange between breeders or selection of breeding stock (selective breeding) with the desired qualities. The bettas judgment therefore consists of evaluating the specimens in terms of colors, color arrangement and formats - the focus of this project. There are other characteristics that can be judged, such as the degree of aggressiveness of each specimen. In this sense, note that males must be more aggressive than females for betta reproduction to occur. Want to know more about bettas judgment? Discover our proposals to learn how to judge a betta about aesthetic beauty.

Specialized bettas exihibitions [+]

Work fronts [+]

• Creation and proposal of rules and criteria for judging bettas in greenhouses and specialized exhibitions;
  
• Proposition and execution of a platform that allows the consultation of bettas, their characteristics and their creator;
  
• Proposition and promotion of information for technical and organizational support in specialized exhibitions, through internal know-how and best existing practices;
  
• Offer of courses that support the central premise of this project;
  
• Preserve and publicize the hobby, mainly by the search for bettas of high genetic standard.

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